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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Taylor's Sixpence Pattern
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1972-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II * COOK ISLANDS 1oz 999 SILVER *2008* ONE DOLLAR |
| Reverse description | Replica of the historic 1850s Taylor's pattern sixpence for Australia, featuring a young draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left in high relief, set within a polished inner circle bordered by a reeded or beaded ring. The legend VICTORIA arcs across the top of the field and AUSTRALIA arcs along the bottom, closely reproducing the design of the original proposed colonial coinage pattern. |
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This piece references the sixpence placed in Princess Elizabeth's wedding shoe during her 1947 marriage to Prince Philip — a coin borrowed from the bride's mother, Queen Elizabeth, and reportedly a Scottish shilling rather than a true sixpence, though the romantic version of the story has long prevailed. The "pattern" designation here is somewhat liberal marketing language; this is a commemorative struck by a private mint under Cook Islands licensing, a common arrangement for the Pacific island series throughout the 2000s.
KM#497 is one of dozens of similar licensed issues from this period, struck to one-troy-ounce specification for the collector bullion market.